measurement vs hypsometry

hypsometry vs measurement

measurement and hypsometry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measurement	Yes	No	No	No
hypsometry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hypsometry is a hyponym of measurement; that is, hypsometry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measurement:

measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
hypsometry: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Other hyponyms of measurement include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, mental measurement, micrometry, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measurement (noun)	hypsometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Difference between measurement and hypsometry

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